title: Tips of the trade #31. The use of a Charnley retractor for intertrochanteric hip fractures.
abstract: The use of a Charnley retractor enables a surgeon in a community hospital to perform an intertrochanteric hip fracture procedure with only the aid of a scrub technician. The Charnley retractor will hold Bennett retractors placed superiorly and inferiorly to the femoral neck--thus making it easy to obtain exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dvorkin
mesh_terms: D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments